EMPLOYEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 2/1!!

SAM GN VOL 03

(W) Richard Marazano (A/CA) Shang

Winter blankets the wreckage of the world. In the snow-covered ruins, four children scavenge for supplies to feed their dwindling group of survivors. Four, because Ian is gone - captured or killed by the mechanical death squads that hunt them all. SAM, his robotic guardian angel, has left as well. And without Ian, without his optimism, the survivors are losing hope. Until, one day, they recover the electronic device that their friend had built to communicate with SAM.

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EMPLOYEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 12/24!!

SAM GN VOL 01 AFTER MAN

(W) Richard Marazano (A) Shang

In the grim future of our world, the Earth has been ravaged by sentient machines, and the human race has all but been exterminated. Only scattered groups of children have survived by hiding in tunnels to escape the murderous robots that still scour the surface. One day, a scavenging party for one such group happens upon a massive humanoid robot bearing the letters SAM on its armor. Caught by surprise, young Ian is about to be vaporized... but the machine doesn't shoot...

I'm always on the lookout for new European books hitting the shelves and SAM by Shang and Marazano looks to be a kid-gang thrill ride through the ravaged relics of humanity in an all out war against the machines that strive to erase them! Blending both manga and euro influences, Shang, along with Bengal represent a new wave of international comics that we here in the states are just barely begging to glimpse...

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